Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Not entirely true. Airlines have and can request health data. I had Delta airlines release health information on me that they required after a return to work from surgery. They we're definitely in violation of the law.
They probably were not.
Law applies to health care providers, who generate or acquire your health info in their course of business.
DAL is not a healthcare provider, the only way they got your info is if YOU gave it to them. Not covered by HIPAA (might be some applicable state laws, more likely in CA than GA though).
Although if DAL was in the business of conducting FAA 1C medical exams with an in-house AME that might be different. But in this day and age anybody who even does that typically outsources to an actual healthcare provider (who could not share the info with any other party without your permission).
What did they do? Use the info to consult with the FAA?